Vision Expo Daily 10/03/2013 - Vision Expo West Day 1 : Page 1

THURSDA LAS VEGAS PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR PINK CHAMPAGNE PA R T Y THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3 2:00 P.M. ALTAIR BOOTH #14087 Y SHOW DAILY PUBLISHED BY IN COOPERA TION WITH INTERNA TIONAL VISION EXPO OCTOBER 3, 2013 Robust Continuing Education Program Continues to Deliver LAS VEGAS—The Continuing Education program kicked off here yesterday afternoon signaling the beginning of Vision Expo West, now entering its 25th year. Over the next three days, Expo West promises to deliver more than 350 hours of CE for every role and experience level. The program focuses on three core competencies—disease diagnosis, treatment and management; clinical application of products; and healthy business solutions—that connect class-room instruction to hands-on knowledge in Vision Expo’s expansive exhibit hall. “Vision Expo has several new courses and tracks at this year’s show,” according to show organizers. “Over the next two days, we’ll introduce a Spectacle Lens Specialist Track, Glaucoma, Macular Degenera-tion and Nutritional Supplements, Sunwear, CXO Certiﬁ cate Program and wellness. Our new ‘Expand on Demand’ program has allowed us to assign rooms Inside Today’s Daily Show News... 8 Optical Labs Report... 28 Conference... 44 Continued on page 3 VM Unveils 2013’s D.A.R.E. Award Winners NEW YORK— Vision Monday has announced the winners of their 3rd Annual Dispensing and Retail Excellence (D.A.R.E.) Awards sponsored by Euro-pa International. The D.A.R.E. Awards honor dar-ing optical retailers and dispensers from the U.S. and Canada in six different categories, with an addi-tional winner, chosen by reader votes This year, readers submitted entries, free of charge, from May 6 through June 14. Those submis-sions were reviewed by a panel of judges and the winner in each category was identified. The judges also selected six entries worthy of special recogni-tion to be put up for the ‘We the People’ Readers’ Vote Award. From July 1 through Aug. 9, readers voted on those entries to determine a winner. Those with the second and third highest number of votes were named Honorable Mentions. To see all the winners’ submissions and a sam-pling of the supporting materials that earned this year’s honor, look for the full story in VM’s Sept. 9 issue available at the Jobson Optical Booth #25119 or by going to www.VisionMonday.com. For a complete list of the 2013 D.A.R.E. award winners turn to Page 14. DISPENSING AND RETAIL EXCELLENCE AWARDS VM’s 2013 Exclusive D.A.R.E. Awards Sponsor Continued on page 14 Show Daily Wants to Know... What Courses Are You Taking? Betsy Turk, OD Wal-Mart Vision Center Kearney, Nebraska “I’m taking Understanding Keratoplathy, A Potpourri of Clinical Cases and Advanced Coding & Billing. It gives me more sub specialty practicing on a day-to-day basis with surgical patients, post op and pre op patients, and with Coding and Billing, I’m learning some ways we can help the office, making the office more efficient and making sure you’re cod-ing properly and following all the rules, so it gives you a little bit of diversification from the medical part and also the business aspect of the practice.” Continued on page 73